Django static files on heroku

Question

I deployed a django app to heroku, using \"git push heroku master\" which worked absolutely fine.

I then created a second app on the same git using \"heroku create s

Answer 1

Since Django 1.3 you've been able to do the following

# only showing relevant imports
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static


urlpatterns = patterns(
    '',

    # your urls go here
)

if settings.DEBUG:
    urlpatterns += static(settings.STATIC_URL,
                          document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT)
    urlpatterns += static(settings.MEDIA_URL,
                          document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)